What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Sales position at Peregrine Hospitality?
Essential Functions
- Achieve and exceed budgeted room nights and revenue goals annually.
- Analyze and estimate total value of each piece of business and negotiate best situation for achieving optimum revenue for the hotel while ensuring excellent customer service.
- Utilize the marketing plan to uncover new and potential business.
- Ensure accuracy for forecasting of revenues with most updated information.
- Professionally represent the hotel in community and industry organizations and events.
- Direct the solicitation efforts of the sales staff through effective oral and written communication while overseeing rate, date and space commitments for group room sales within the hotel.
- Coordinate ongoing research of the travel industry to detect market trends and related information for the development of new marketing strategies. Make reasonable recommendations to improve potential from various markets.
Skills and Abilities
- Understand the mission, vision, and goals of the hotel
- Extensive knowledge of sales skills.
- Extensive knowledge of revenue management.
- Knowledge of hotels and competitive market.
- Ability to analyze data and establish appropriate action plans.
Job Qualifications/Requirements
Education: High School diploma or GED equivalence required; bachelor's degree preferred
Experience: Prior hotel sales or related experience required
Additional: Will be required to work flexible scheduled shifts based on business needs
Physical Requirements
The minimum physical requirements for this position include but are not limited to:
- Must be able to lift and/or carry up to 40 pounds frequently to assist guests
- Ability to stand for extended periods of time
- Ability to hear, understand and communicate orally and in writing to communicate with staff, vendors, and guests a normal in-person and phone conversation
- Ability to bend and twist, push, and pull, stoop, and kneel
- Ascend and descend a ladder
Reasonable Accommodation Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Disclaimer
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you need accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please contact: selectserviceshr@kslresorts.com.
Peregrine Hospitality is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran and Drug Free workplace.
